- The North Korean health and healthcare: issues and strategies
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Lee I
- KMID: 2342155
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):356-357.
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- Plan on establishment of post-unification North Korean medical safety net
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Shin YJ
- KMID: 2342161
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):394-401.
Establishing social security networks for the reunification of the Koreas is important to minimize social disturbances. Above all, it is highly critical to establish a medical safety net. The non-political... -
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- The end of internship training in South Korea
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Ahn D
- KMID: 2342154
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):352-354.
The abolishment of the internship training program in Korea has become a hot issue in Korea. The internship has traditionally been a general competency build-up process to becoming a practicing... -
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- Overview of healthcare system in North Korea
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Lee M, Kim H, Cho D, Kim SY
- KMID: 2342156
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):358-367.
In this study, we analyzed the healthcare system of North Korea using Kleczkowski's model which categorizes national healthcare infrastructure into five components: health resources, organization, healthcare delivery system, economic support,... -
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- The integration process of North Korean defector physicians into the South Korean medical system
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Choi JP
- KMID: 2342159
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):383-388.
Physicians who have defected from North Korea and settled in South Korea (North Korean defector physicians, NKDPs) have experienced hardship in the occupational integration process due to their low socio-economic... -
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- Pharmacologic management of cardiac arrhythmias
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Nam GB
- KMID: 2342164
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):425-430.
Management of cardiac arrhythmias involves antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs), catheter ablation, pacemakers, and implantable defibrillators. The effects of AADs are mediated by blocking various cardiac ion channels, mostly the cardiac sodium,... -
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- The experiences of system integration countries informing the potential unification of the Korean peninsula's healthcare system
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Yoon SJ
- KMID: 2342160
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):389-393.
A "system integration country" is defined as the political unification to a single national system of a country divided for a certain period of time such as Germany, Yemen, and... -
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- Recent advances in thrombolysis of acute ischemic stroke
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Kwon JH, Rha JH
- KMID: 2342162
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):402-409.
Among the many advances in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) management, thrombolysis with intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) within 3 hours after symptom onset has been the only approved pharmacological... -
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- Current status and prospects of exchange of health officials from South and North Korea through non-governmental organizations
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Kim Y, Lee C, Lee I
- KMID: 2342158
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):375-382.
South Korea's health care non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played a crucial role in South-North relations, for a formal intergovernmental relationship is difficult to establish and also easily breaks down. Humanitarian... -
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- Estimation of the prevalence of Korean adults aged 50 years or more with knee osteoarthritis based on the data from fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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Shin DW, Nam S, Bang YS, Lee JY
- KMID: 2342165
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):431-436.
This study estimated the number of Korean adults aged 50 years or more with osteoarthritis (OA) based on the data from fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (K-NHANES).... -
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- Sleep disorders medicine
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Hong SB
- KMID: 2342163
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):410-422.
Sleep comprises one third of human life and is very important for maintaining healthy mental and physical states. Sleep disorders disturbing normal sleep are very common and may induce serious... -
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- Current status of healthcare and effective health aid strategies in North Korea
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Park SM, Lee HW
- KMID: 2342157
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2013 May;56(5):368-374.
As the period since the partition of North and South Korea has been prolonged, the gap between the two Koreas continues to widen in various ways. Indeed, in the health... -
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